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Category: Steve Tharinger
Inching towards a budget agreement
State budget writers are inching closer to an agreement that will hopefully be presented to legislators for approval next week. Time is of the essence – the fiscal year ends…
Van De Wege, Tharinger schedule Port Townsend, Sequim town hall meetings
As the lawmakers turn their focus to writing the operating budget for the coming biennium, State Representatives Kevin Van De Wege (D-Sequim) and Steve Tharinger (D-Dungeness) are making a last-minute…
Elma town hall with Reps. Van De Wege, Tharinger
Who: State Reps. Kevin Van De Wege and Steve Tharinger (24th Legislative District) What: Town Hall When: 6:00-7:00 PM, Tuesday, April 9th Where: Elma High School (Commons) 1101 West Main…
Bills to improve long-term care clear House of Representatives
Currently there are 830,000 people over the age of 65 in Washington state. That evens out to about fourteen percent of the population. Over the last few days, the House…
House advances environmental, natural resource legislation
Protecting our state’s quality of life is the overarching theme of several environmental and natural resource-related measures championed by House Democrats. The House has advanced a package of bills protecting…
House advances Tharinger’s ‘age wave’ measure
In less than a decade, over 30 percent of Washington state’s population will be over the age of 65. This rapid demographic shift is being called the “age wave,” and…
House approves Reproductive Parity Act
As state legislatures across the country are taking steps to limit reproductive freedoms, lawmakers in Olympia are fighting to protect the choices that already exist in Washington state. This morning,…
Almost 12,000 households participate in 24th LD telephone town hall
In case you missed the February 6 telephone town hall with state Reps. Steve Tharinger and Kevin Van De Wege, the audio of the hour-long call can be heard by…
“Age Wave” Bills Call the Alarm on the Need to Plan Now for Future Needs
A bi-partisan group of Senators and Representatives introduced a pair of bills to address the needs of Washington’s aging population. The so-called “Age Wave” bills, SB 5519 and HB 1631,…